Dear Diary,
For several months, I haven’t heard from my trading partner in the Philippines, Dakila Torres. He is about my age and he is short and has dark colored skin and hair. He is a hard working farmer who works at a rice farm. I first met him when he showed up to trade with me with his farm owner. He was a gentle man and he spoke some English which helped in communication. This rice farm was my primary trading partner for rice and I gave rubber in exchange. However, after the Japanese forces started to carry out their aggressive actions, I did not have enough rubber to trade and I did not have the time to write to him. Today, I got a letter from Dakila Torres that the Japanese forces are doing the same in the Philippines too and told me that the owner of the farm was killed by the Japanese forces.. I feel very bad for the farmer and his owner.. The owner was such a nice man and I am scared that the same might happen to me.. Most of my plantation is destroyed and the Japanese forces seem to be getting more and more aggressive. I hope Dakila Torres and I survive from the Japanese aggression.. He is such a nice person.. The problem is all caused by the Japanese.. I feel so miserable hearing all these news about the innocent people dying. What have we done wrong? Why are the Japanese so selfish and evil! If they didn't start the aggression everyone will be happy and the world would be peaceful.. I miss my family so much.. I miss my parents and my sister and my dead husband.. By the way, I couldn't tell my parents back in France about my husband's death. I don't want them to be worried about me but I couldn't send them the money this year.. I wonder how they're doing.. I write to them today..
March, 1942
Dear Diary,
For several months, I haven’t heard from my trading partner in the Philippines, Dakila Torres. He is about my age and he is short and has dark colored skin and hair. He is a hard working farmer who works at a rice farm. I first met him when he showed up to trade with me with his farm owner. He was a gentle man and he spoke some English which helped in communication. This rice farm was my primary trading partner for rice and I gave rubber in exchange. However, after the Japanese forces started to carry out their aggressive actions, I did not have enough rubber to trade and I did not have the time to write to him. Today, I got a letter from Dakila Torres that the Japanese forces are doing the same in the Philippines too and told me that the owner of the farm was killed by the Japanese forces.. I feel very bad for the farmer and his owner.. The owner was such a nice man and I am scared that the same might happen to me.. Most of my plantation is destroyed and the Japanese forces seem to be getting more and more aggressive. I hope Dakila Torres and I survive from the Japanese aggression.. He is such a nice person.. The problem is all caused by the Japanese.. I feel so miserable hearing all these news about the innocent people dying. What have we done wrong? Why are the Japanese so selfish and evil! If they didn't start the aggression everyone will be happy and the world would be peaceful.. I miss my family so much.. I miss my parents and my sister and my dead husband.. By the way, I couldn't tell my parents back in France about my husband's death. I don't want them to be worried about me but I couldn't send them the money this year.. I wonder how they're doing.. I write to them today..